Example sentences of "have never [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And she meant it , for she liked her college room , she was even mildly proud of it , and the thought of entertaining Clelia in it did not alarm her , though she had a deep aversion to the notion of entertainment , and had never in her whole three years at University embarked on the ritual tea parties or more ambitious sherry parties that mark the social life of such establishments . |
| 32 | Clara was staggered and bewitched ; she had never in her life seen anything like it . |
| 33 | Creggan had never in his short life felt so desolate , and try as he did he could not rest and fall asleep . |
| 34 | She had never in all the world seen much overindulgence . |
| 35 | Charlotte had never in her life felt obliged to examine her relationships with anyone . |
| 36 | He had millions in the bank , rumour went , and had never in all his life paid any tax at all . |
| 37 | Gabriel had never in his life contemplated stealing so much as a flea from a dog . |
| 38 | She had loved him , almost obsessively , since the age of sixteen and , though he had never in any way encouraged her , over the years she had built all her dreams around him . |
| 39 | See I 've never , I 've never across anyone that like know you . |
| 40 | Gradually some progress was made but the personnel of the movie industry in Britain and America have never at any level lost their feelings of inferiority . |
| 41 | And I think that 's that 's a wonderful experience to realize that er you can be part of you know cos surely finally working men and women through history have never without sticking together they 'd they 'd still be back you know in the in the dark ages as far you know . |
| 42 | IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election . |
| 43 | Government troops have never in the nine-year civil war cut so deeply into rebel territory during their annual dry-season offensive . |
| 44 | A number of marriage counsellors I have spoken to all agree that they have never in fact come across a case where infidelity has improved a marriage . |
| 45 | I have never in my life looked forward to starting a diet , but by the end of my holiday I could n't wait to get back on it to maintain my slimmer figure ( with every other diet I have put weight back on and more ! ) . |
| 46 | I have never in my entire life seen so much crap ( wheeeeeeee ! ) . |
| 47 | ‘ But then , I have never in my life known a single headmaster of whom that might not be said . ’ |
| 48 | IT IS arguable that successive British Governments , although paying lip service from time to time to the notion of being able to change the institutions of the EEC ‘ from within ’ , have never in reality held out much hope of doing so ; rather , perhaps , has it been their true intent to use the institutions of the EEC to shape the policy of Europe in their own image . |
| 49 | It is very difficult persuading someone to lend you money when they know that you have never in the past paid it back . |
| 50 | ‘ I have never in all my professional life forgotten to switch the tape on , ’ she said . |
| 51 | ‘ Darling , ’ he said , ‘ you have never in all your life been in love with a man as you are with me , yet it happened . ’ |
| 52 | Before dealing with the many points raised by right hon. and hon. Members , I propose to say something about Wales but , before doing that , I should point out that I have never in my life before spoken from one doughnut to another . |
| 53 | I am an elected representative of the people of Northern Ireland , three thousand three hundred of our people have been murdered , that 's the equivalent of a hundred thousand people in Britain , it is the responsibility of every elected representative to do everything in their power , everything in their power , to stop that , The least responsibility that they have , the least they can do , is enter into dialogue directly with the people involved and I apologize to no-one for that , and if anybody is telling me that I 'm tainted because I do that , you know , I do n't know what sort of minds they 've got , because I think it 's our responsibility to do everything in our power to bring this violence to an end , and what 's more , what I 'm doing has massive support of ordinary people on both sections of our community because I have never in my twenty years experienced the nature of the support and the way that it 's being expressed to me by people in the streets , by telephone , and in particular by |
| 54 | I have never in my life , in public or in private , in earnest or in jest , either called or even thought myself a fascist . |
| 55 | ‘ I have never in my entire business life experienced such a ridiculous state of affairs . |